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END OF LINE FOR M TRAIN
MTA Reduction Plan Puts V Line On Midville-To-Manhattan Route
      The M train’s days appear to be numbered, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced plans to eliminate the subway line and replace it with an extended V train that would offer commuters in Ridgewood, Middle Village and
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Volunteer Ambulance Corps Want A Place In 911 System
Say Operators Aren’t Responding To Them
      An organization of local volunteer ambulance corps and the Fire Department are in the middle of a wrangle regarding the reported exclusion of a number of community paramedic units from the city’s 911 system.
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Flames Engulf Cellar Of R.H. Residence
     Nobody was injured after a one-alarm fire broke out in the basement of a Richmond Hill home last Saturday night, Jan. 23, it was reported.
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BRIDGE FIX AT COOPER AVE.
City Unveils 21-Month Plan At CB 5 Transit Meet
      The Jan.
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Crowley Will Chair Fire Cmte.
Takes Aim At Rumored FDNY Cutbacks
      City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley has been named the new chairperson of the legislature’s Fire and Justice Committee, it was announced.
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Cars Crash On Brooklyn Border
     One individual was injured after a pair of cars crashed into each other at the intersection of Wyckoff and Flushing avenues near the Ridgewood/Bushwick border on Sunday morning, Jan.
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P.S. Project Tops CB4 Hearing
      Plans for the construction of a new public school in Corona will headline a public hearing to be held by Queens Community Board 4 prior to their meting next Tuesday, Feb. 2. As announced by District Manager Richard Italiano, the session will begin at 7 p.m. at VFW Flanders Field Post 150, located at 51-11 108th St. in Corona.
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Burglaries, Traffic Top MWEBA Meet
Pastor Informs Civic Of Hunger Pgm.
      Maspeth residents were alerted to an increasing number of thieves disguising themselves as utility workers that frequently prey on the elderly at the Tuesday, Jan. 19 Maspeth West End Block Association (MWEBA) meeting at Trinity St.
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Dryer Catches Fire In Ridgewood
     Flames that broke out inside a dryer caused minor damage to a Laundromat on Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood last Monday afternoon, Jan. 18, it was reported.
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NEW REP HOLDS COURT AT PCT.
Koslowitz Speaks At 112th Council Meet
      The area’s new City Council Member addressed residents of the 112th Precinct Community Council at its Wednesday, Jan. 20 meet at the precinct’s Forest Hills stationhouse. City Council Member Karen Koslowitz, had attended Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s State of the City address.
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A ROCKY START FOR 110th PCT.
C.O. Asks For Community’s Help
      The 110th Precinct’s new year has gotten off to a rough start, residents learned at the precinct’s Community Council meeting on Jan. 18 at Bethzatha Church of God in Elmhurst.
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YOUTH PGMS. IN BUSHWICK
CEC 32 Learns Of Explorers, Youth Council
      Officers from the 83rd Precinct were on hand at the District 32 Community Education Council meeting last Thursday, Jan. 21 at I.S. 383 in Bushwick to discuss child safety and the precinct’s youth programs.
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Borough Board Holds Hearing On City’s Budget Tues., Feb. 9
      The Queens Borough Board will hold a public hearing regarding the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2011 Preliminary Expense and Capital Budgets on Tuesday, Feb. 9, in Kew Gardens.
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Burned In Glendale House Fire
     Burned In Glendale House Fire A woman suffered burns after a onealarm fire broke out inside a Glendale home last Wednesday morning, Jan. 20, Fire Department sources said.
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